Let’s see. USC plays its final two home games of the regular season, beginning with tonight’s clash with California, and NCAA Tournament bids are on the line.

And guess what subject didn’t come up around the Galen Center on Wednesday? There wasn’t a peep about how the Trojans, who are 18-10 and in fourth place in the Pac-10 at 9-7, could solidify their standing for the selection committee.

Not with O.J. Mayo likely playing the last two home games of his freshman season, with a theme that could be titled, “What I did before my rookie year in the NBA.”

That key word is likely, right, O.J.?

“I don’t know, man,” he said with a smile. “That’s a bad question.”

Would you like it rephrased?

“Ask coach Floyd,” he smiled. “I’m just concentrating on Cal.”

“We’re not talking about any of that until the season’s over,” USC coach Tim Floyd said.

He still had plenty to say about Mayo’s freshman season, the one that began with his picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated and has progressed largely under the national radar as Mayo has strained to fit his talents into a team that has been a serious work of construction.

“I’d say (he’s) the best college player that I’ve coached. He is without question,” Floyd said. “He’s not one-dimensional. The thing he does better than anyone I’ve seen this year in college basketball is create separation. He has the ability to create separation and go get his shot, which is still what that league (NBA) becomes about because you’re playing against great athleticism.”

Floyd would not mind a bit to see Mayo jump to the NBA as long as Mayo is happy with his own draft status. But the coach warned against using fan-friendly mock drafts over finding an honest evaluation from professional sources.

“These mock drafts don’t mean anything,” Floyd said. “They’re a bunch of guys doing them out of their garage. They don’t mean anything. You look at six, and there are six different drafts with six different groups of players. They literally don’t mean anything.

“Those guys at the next level know what they’re looking at, and I know they’ll be looking at a very fine player when the time comes.”